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Gulf of Thailand / South China Sea search
Wrong-ocean SAR · 8–14 March 2014
Where the aircraft was last seen on civil radar — and where it no longer was.
Thailand discloses Surat Thani military-radar paint
18–19 March 2014 · ~9–10 days after disappearance
Thai Air Force: unknown/non-normal target ~01:28 MYT 8 March, minutes after secondary-radar loss, moving southwest then toward Butterworth / Strait of Malacca. Not initially shared.
Waypoint IGARI
17:20:31 UTC
MH370 passes IGARI, the FIR boundary between Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi Minh, seconds before disappearing from secondary radar.
Waypoint IGARI
FIR boundary · Gulf of Thailand
Last secondary-radar / planned-route point. Transfer to Ho Chi Minh failed.
Surface search begins in the South China Sea
8 March 2014
Ships and aircraft search the Gulf of Thailand / South China Sea along the filed route — the wrong ocean for several days.
Surat Thani military radar
Thai Air Force · paint ~01:28 MYT 8 March
Documented late-disclosed primary-radar source on the westbound track.
West-track disclosure lag — ministerial 10:30, ARCC 22:30, Thai 9–10 days
8 March and 18–19 March 2014
Hishammuddin 1 May 2014: military radar playback ~08:30 MYT 8 March, Air Force ops ~09:00, minister informed ~10:30 of a possible turn-back; a military aircraft west at 10:54. KL ARCC was not informed by RMAF of the western last-known until 22:30 MYT — a roughly 12-hour operational gap. Thai Surat Thani radar disclosed 18–19 March.
USS Kidd (DDG 100) joins the surface search
Also diverted from South China Sea training
Confirmed later in the search: Kidd and Pinckney had both been training in the South China Sea. Kidd took the southwestern Gulf of Thailand sector; Pinckney the northeast. Pre-search tracks remain unpublished.
Secondary radar lost
17:21:13 UTC
Mode S transponder returns cease. Primary (military) radar continues to paint an unidentified westbound track consistent with MH370.
US military presence in theatre, 7–9 March 2014
Public-source board · confirmed search assets vs records still needed
Working chart of publicly documented US assets around MH370: USS Pinckney already in the South China Sea and diverted to search on 8 March; a Kadena P-3C announced the same day; USS Kidd joined. Guam RQ-4, Diego Garcia sensors, EP-3E, RC-135 and exact 7–9 March sortie lists remain open. Presence is not the same as tracking 9M-MRO.
Wikipedia — search for MH370
South China Sea to Ocean Infinity 2027
Most expensive aviation search. Surface 4.5 million km² in 2014; ATSB 120,000 km² underwater; Ocean Infinity 112,000 km² in 2018 and a 15,000 km² 2025–27 box. No main wreckage.
Wikipedia timeline — night of 7–8 March 2014
Duty sign-in through failed 09:15 handshake
Compiled public chronology: captain sign-in 22:50 MYT 7 March, F/O 23:15, SDU log-on 00:00, push 00:27, takeoff 00:42, FL350 01:01, last ACARS 01:07, last voice 01:19:30, transponder 01:21:13, Penang cell 01:52, last radar 02:22, SDU log-on 02:25, hourly pings, last transmission 08:19:37, no reply 09:15.
273 records in the file.